Digital BW, The Print

Thank you Ted and Paul for you feedback. Would it be possible to 
email me that purge pattern scan so I can check it against mine. I 
realize the colors may not be perfect because of monitor differences.

> Using the 'purge' file Paul kindly sent me, i printed files which 
> showed some of the inks a bit darker and browner than his scans of 
> his own output, but they didn't seem tremendously off value to 
either 
> of us.

> I still can't find a paper value that reliably prints Eboni dark 
> enough as grayscale/single black, and the dither pattern is too 
> obtrusive for me to persist.  I have double printed to get good 
> densities in the shadows when single black printing.


I've had good BO printing results with my 2200 at 2880dpi and the UC 
matte black ink on EEM and Velvet Fine Art Paper. The 2200's dither 
pattern is less visible than the 1280's and the black is a bit 
warmer. The dither pattern is still too visible for me though.



> It still has too low contrast in the lowest values (around 70% 
down) and looks kind of dull.  I may have goosed the 'Zone ii-iii' 
values too much trying to increase the dark contrast, but it was the 
best i could do. Still haven't made a custom visual workspace, or 
tried 'Color Controls' with a print space that differs from the 
source space.
> 

I've been printing using QTR, Epson Driver Sliders and Paul's Curves 
and although each method's output varies the significant lack of 
dark contrast is apparent in each. For years I've had great results 
making color prints with the 1280 and 2200 using PS color management 
and soft proofing...can't wait to get this UT2 thing figured out. 
Wish you the best of luck Ted on your Digital B&W adventure

Jim